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I have been strangely fascinated by the rest of the world since a very early age. Nearly visiting every US state before graduating from high school, it wasn’t until joining the Army that I really ventured off of the North American continent for the first time. That was all it took to inspire the insatiable wanderlust that now drives me to new destinations across the globe.

Holding breath underwater – World Record (Jun-09)

Stephane Mifsud, holding breath underwater world record, stephane mifsud, water, World Record Broken - holding breath underwaterA 37-year-old Frenchman has set a world record for the longest time holding his breath underwater–an astounding 11 minutes and 35 seconds. And get this — Stephane Mifsud says it will take him two months to recover from the effort.

Mifsud practiced 30 hours a week for six months by holding his breath for 2-8 minutes at a time.

In these days of performance enhancement–Mifsud was not allowed to use oxygen before his effort.

- All I can say is…… DAMN!! And… WHY??? – overall, I am impressed. – C

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Erin says:

dude i got this thingy off of google my cousin wanted to know so i typed it in for her and then looked at the pictures and thought this would look cool to Carley and so i put it up and now i am waiting her

chaddy: nope not even going to let em taste a little even a negative publicity… sorry :D it just amuses me though… lol

find the guy who tried to 11 minutes of breath holding daft… dont get the point…

JD says:

I thought anything past 4 minutes was guaranteed brain damage. But yea…. WHY?